spe
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Spes, Spei:
Feminine · Noun · 5th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
Spes, goddess of hope; hope personified;; hope/anticipation/expectation; prospect/hope/promise; (inheriting/succeeding);; object/embodiment of hope; [optio ad ~ => junior hoping to make centurion];
abl. sg.dat. sg.gen. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater Romanas invidet arces? quid struit? aut qua spe inimica in gente moratur nec prolem Ausoniam et Lavinia..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...puer Iliaca quisquam de gente Latinos in tantum spe tollet avos, nec Romula quondam ullo se tantum tellus..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...regem nobis murosque Latinos. arma parate, animis et spe praesumite bellum, ne qua mora ignaros, ubi primum vellere..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Aenean cedentem ex agmine vidit turbatosque duces, subita spe fervidus ardet; poscit equos atque arma simul, saltuque superbus..." - P
Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...attrita pendebat cantharus ansa. Adgressi (nam saepe senex spe carminis ambo luserat) iniciunt ipsis ex uincula sertis. Addit..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...requiesset sedibus hospes! nam quo me referam? quali spe perdita nitor? Idaeosne petam montes? at gurgite lato discernens..." - M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...atque ab omni non modo fortuna, verum etiam spe derelictis conflatam inproborum manum. [26] Hic tu qua laetitia..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...celavit, et aegram, multa malus simulans, vana spe lusit amantem. Ipsa sed in somnis inhumati venit imago coniugis..."